Nigeria, Feb. 5 -- The Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has acquitted a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, of the charge of forging a medical report, an allegation levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The judge, Olubumni Fadipe, handed down the decision in a ruling on the defendant's no-case submission, contending that the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against him.

The politician faced 12 counts brought against him by the EFCC, following his alleged use of a forged medical report which he tendered before a Federal High Court judge in Lagos, Daniel Osiagor, where he is being prosecuted since 2012 by the anti-graft agency for an alleged N4.9billion fraud....